Millard County Chronicle | 1911-11-09 | Page 4 | Persia Stands Pat.

PERSIA STANDS PAT. Refuses to Grant Russia's Demand for Apology to Petroff. Teheran, Persia The Russian mln- ister on Monday presented an ultima-V ultima-V turn to the Persian government, set-I set-I ting forth that unless the Persian I minister of foreign affairs apologized 1 for the alleged insult to the Russian vice consul, M. Petroff, on the occa-j occa-j slon of the seizure of the property of Shua es Sultaneh, removed the treas- ury gendarmes and reinstated the Per-' Per-' slan cossacks formerly then, Russia would occupy the provinces cf Chilan and Mazanderan, In the north of Per-la. Per-la. The government haw decided not to comply with the Russian demand.